hoodwink
/ˈhʊdwɪŋk/verb
with obj.
- deceive or trick (someone)欺骗(或哄骗)(人):
staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun.
职工都被骗认为那黄瓜是支锯短的枪。
词源
mid 16th cent. (originally in the sense 'to blindfold'): from the noun HOOD1 +an obsolete sense of WINK'close the eyes'.